Re: Request for feedback on KCipher-2 Working Draft

On 10/20/15 3:33 PM, Ryan Sleevi wrote:
>
> On Oct 19, 2015 10:51 PM, "Anirban Basu" <xon-basu@kddi.com
> <mailto:xon-basu@kddi.com>> wrote:
> >
> > KCipher-2 is a fast and lightweight stream cipher developed within the
> > KDDI R&D Laboratories. It has been standardised by the ISO/IEC and
> > recommended by the Japanese government (see links at
> > http://anirbanbasu.github.io/w3c-web-crypto/). We wish to standardise
> > KCipher-2 as a cipher available within the Web Crypto API.
> >
>
> Do you expect any user agent interest? That is more or less a
> prerequisite for standardization.
>

Yes.

> >
> > Please note that I am new to writing the algorithm specification in the
> > W3C recommended structure, so it would be great if you could point out
> > any oversights of non-conformance. I am also aware of the 78 warning
> > messages that Respec raises on the Working Draft document. My
> > understanding is that if/when accepted, the main content of this draft
> > will be included within the Web Crypto API specification as a new
> > algorithm. Thus, the missing references will be automatically fixed
> > then. Please do correct me if I am wrong, and if this KCipher-2 draft is
> > expected to be a standalone document on its own.
>
> The KCipher-2 draft would be a document of its own.
>

Okay, thanks. Will update the document to make it standalone. If it is
standalone, does it need to conform exactly to the Web Crypto API,
particularly the WebIDL in the Parameters and the descriptions of the
Operations?